Hibernian Vs Inverness Highlights : SPL Highlights

Hibernian are slowly starting to climb back up the table under Mixu Paatelainen they now sit 5th in the table and also have a game in hand over Dundee United which is great for the Edinburgh side who will be hoping for a push for a place in Europe. Inverness were favourites among Gretna for relegation this season but under Craig Brewster they seem to have stablised a little.

Easter Road

Hibernian
Name: Easter Road
Nickname: the Leith San Siro
When Built: 1893
Capacity: 17,500
Record Attendance: 65,860 – January 2, 1950 – Hibernian vs Hearts

Address: 12 Albion Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5QG

Description: Easter Road stadium has been renovated in 2001. It’s an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 17,500 and it has four stands named after the compass directions. The North and South Stand were built in 1995 and recently, a scoreboard was installed in the South Stand. The West Stand was built in 2001 and it has a capacity of 6,500 seats and the East Stand is still in development. When the East Stand will be finished and look like the other stands the stadium’s capacity should be around 21,000.

Brief History: The stadium was built in 1893 in Leith Area from Edinburgh. With a capacity of 17,500 this is the 7th largest stadium in Scotland. During time, there were a lot of matches with attendance over 50,000 but nowadays all stadiums have less places and greater security. The stadium’s modifications begun in the 1990s and in 2001 it was almost completely renovated.

Easter Road

Mixu Paatelainen

Name: Mika-Matti Paatelainen
Age: 40
Nationality: Finnish
Current Club: Hibernian

Brief Playing History: Born in Finland, he started his professional football career in 1985 at the finnish club FC Haka as a striker and in 1987, even though he was virtually unknown he was signed by Dundee United for £100,000. He played 5 years for Dundee and he became Dundee’s top scorer twice before leaving for Aberdeen in 1992. It 1994 he tried his footballer abilities in England when he moved at Bolton Wanderers. He also played in England for Wolves, and ’97 he returned in Scotland to play for Hibernian where he played for almost 5 years, with a short 1 year break when he played in France for Strasbourg. He ended his career in 2005 at St. Mirren after playing at 9 different clubs.

Brief Management history: In 2005 he began his manager career at Cowdenbeath, a team that was in the 3rd Scottish division back then. He took the team to promotion winning their first league title after 67 years. In 2006 he return to his native land to coach TPS. In December 2007 he was apponted as Hibernian’s coach.

Previous Clubs Played For:
1985-1987 – FC Haka
1987-1992 – Dundee United
1992-1994 – Aberdeen
1994-1997 – Bolton Wanderers
1997-1998 – Wolves
1998-2001 – Hibernian
2001-2002 – Strasbourg
2002-2003 – Hibernian
2003-2004 – St. Johnstone
2004-2005 – St. Mirren

Previous Clubs Managed:
2005-2006 – Cowdenbeath
2006-2008 – TPS
2008-present – Hibernian

Hibernian FC

Nicknames: Hibs, Hibees, The Cabbage
Founded: 1875
Stadium: Easter Road
Capacity: 17,500
Chairman: Rod Petrie
Manager: Mixu Paatelainen

Hibs play in the SPL (top flight of scottish football), They are based in Edinburgh, Leith they are currently managed by Mixu Paatelainen (former player) after the sacking of John Collins in December 2007.

Hibs were the first british team to play in a European competition when they were invited into the Champions Cup in the 1955/56 season, playing their first game against German side Rot-Weiss Essen, Hibernian won it 4-0, They were also the first scottish club to have undersoil heating installed at their home ground Easter Road.

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